BHUBANESWAR, March 25 -- Behind Holi, there is a great philosophy, that of oneness. When we put the same colours on our face and body, our identity hides behind it. The colours cover the difference in us and we look alike.

Holi is the festival of colours. Festivals fill our lives with joy. Thirteen festivals are celebrated in twelve months in India. We celebrate different festivals due to the change of the seasonal cycle. Every festival has some significance. The festival of colours is celebrated at the end of the Phalgun month and the beginning of the Chaitra month. Holi is celebrated during the end of winter and the beginning of the summer season.

We call Phalgun Purnima as Dola Purnima. On this day, the idol of Radhakrishna is decorate...